Adjustable rack and shelf support.



No.1'785,449. y PATENTED MAR. 2l, 1905.

T. H. THOMPSON- ADJUSTABLE RAG-K AND SHELF SUPPORT. APPLIOAT'ION FILED MAR. 21, 1904.

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PATENT OEEicE.

ADJUSTABLE RACK AND SHELF SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 785,449, dated March 21, 1905.

Application filed March 21, 1904. Serial No. 199,125.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. THOMPSON, of Starbuck, Pope county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Racks and Shelf Supports, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to devicesdesigned to be placed upon the wall of a room to support hooks for clothes or other purposes; and the object of my invention is to provide a shelf or hook support that can be placed on the wall without breaking or marring in any way the plastering or woodwork.

A further object is to provide a hook and shelf support which can be easily adjusted to fit different-sized spaces on the wall.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a plan view of a rack or hanger support embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of said support. Fig. 3 is a front view of one end of the support, showing a shelf arranged thereon. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line a" of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view showing the device for use in supporting a hat-rack. Fig. 6 is a transverse section on the line 3,/ y of Fig. 5. Figs. 7 and 8 are front views of one end of the support, showing modified forms of hangers thereon. Figs. 9 and 10 are transverse sectional views of the same.

In the drawings, 2 and 3 represent pipesections of suitable size having contiguous threaded ends 4 and 5, one being interiorly and the other eXteriorly threaded to permit telescoping of said ends and allow the adjustment of the sections 2 and 3 toward or from each other to vary the length of the device.

The outer end of the pipe-section 2 is open and adapted to receive a plug 6, fitting snugly therein and mounted on a block 7, having a roughened or serrated outer face 8 to prevent its slipping on the surface with which it is in engagement. The outer end of the pipe-section 3 is threaded to receive a nut 9, having a series of iiat faces provided with holes 10,

into which a pin may be inserted for convenience in turning the nut, and a wrench may also be used on the nut, if preferred. Asleeve 1l is adapted to slip over the outer threaded end of the pipe-section 3 and slide thereon, and said sleeve has a block provided with a serrated face corresponding to the one in the opposite end of the pipe 2 and for the same purpose. Both of these blocks, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, project beyond the pipes on one side and are adapted to bear upon the edge of a door or window casing and against a wall or another casing that lies in a parallel plane withsaid first-named casing. The eX- tensions on the blocks are of suiicient length to bring the pipe-sections out away from the wall and allow the hooks or hangers to be placed thereon.

In setting up the device the pipe-sections 2 and 3 are adjusted with respect to one another until the device is of suitable length to fit Within the desired space, when the nut is revolved and the sleeve l1 moved outwardly to clamp the serrated surfaces of the blocks against the Wall or casing surface and form a rigid substantial support for hangers or other articles placed thereon.

With this device it is not necessary to drive nails or screws into the wall and break the paper or plastering or in any way mar the woodwork or iinish of the house. It is easily and quickly placed on the wall andwhenever desired can be removed and set up in another position without leaving unsightly marks that are incident to the use of the ordinary Wall hanger-support.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown the device adapted for use to support a shelf, and for this purpose I provide a hanger l2, adapted to fit over the pipes and having at one end a depending iiange 13, that bears upon the wall. A bend or loop 14 is provided in the opposite end of each hanger, the upper section of the loop having a hole 15 to receive the downwardlyturned end 16 of an arm 17, and the lower section of said loop has a recess 18, forming a socket for said downwardly-turned end. The outer ends of said arms are upwardly turned to prevent the shelf 19 from accidentally slipping off, though it can be readily removed at any time and other devices substituted therefor.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown another form of hanger, 20, secured to the pipe-section in any suitable way, as by pins 21, said hanger having depending' coat-hooks 22 and outwardly-extending arms 23, that are preferably upwardly inclined and connected by wires 24, which, with said arms, form a neat substantial hat-rack.

In Figs. 7 and 9 still another modified form of hanger is shown, consisting of a part 25, secured to the pipe-sections and having a hinged connection 26 with an arm 27, that is provided with a curved part 28, to extend under and follow the surface of the pipe-sections and prevent the arms from swinging down to a vertical position. This device forms a very substantial hanger and may be used for articles such as heavy overcoats, &c.

In Figs. 8 and l0 a hanger 29 is shown secured to the pipe-sections by the pin device, as heretofore described, and having a socket 30 in its under side to receive a pin 3l, upon which the articles may be placed.

I claim as my invention* l. Adevice of the class described comprising two telescoping pipe-sections, one having a threaded outer end, a sleeve loosely mounted thereon, an adjusting-nut, and blocks mounted in the outer end of said sleeve and in the corresponding end of the opposite pipe-section and said blocks having surfaces that extend laterally with respect to said pipe-sections, for the purpose specified.

2. A device of the class described comprising a tube, a iiXed bearing-block at one endvof said tube, a second bearing-block at the other end, a sleeve slidably mounted on said tube and carrying said second bearing-block, and a locknut having a threaded connection with said tube and engaging said sleeve.

3. In a device of the class described, a support and means for clamping it upon a wall between two parallel surfaces, hangers loosely mounted on said support and having depending ends to bear upon the wall, arms mounted on the opposite ends of said hangers, and a shelf carried by said arms.

4. Adevice of the class described,comprising a support, a bearing-block at one end thereof` the other end of said support being eXteriorly threaded and provided with a locking-nut, a

sleeve arranged to slide on the threaded end of said support and be engaged by said nut, and a second bearing-block carried by said sleeve.

5. A device of the class described comprising a support exteriorly threaded at one end and provided with a lock-nut and a bearing-surface, a sleeve slidably mounted on said THOMAS H. THOMPSON.

In presence of- RICHARD PAUL, M. HAGERTY. 

